The Freer Gallery of Art was made possible by a donation from Charles L. Freer, industrialist and avid collector of Asian art. Opened in 1923, the gallery contains more than 26,000 Asian works of art. Among other works, the gallery has Japanese screens, Chinese paintings, ceramics, and pieces from the Near East. Ironically, an American designed the main attraction of the Freer Gallery. Freer was a good friend of expatriate American painter James Whistler. Whistler designed the famous "Peacock Room," a lush dining room decorated with canvas, leather, and wood. Other works from Whistler can be seen in the Freer, as well as works from American artists who were influenced by Asian arts. The Freer Gallery joins the adjacent Sackler Gallery of Art to form the national museum of Asian arts at the Smithsonian Institute. Both galleries operate under the same administration, though they are separate venues, each with distinguished collections of their own. There are free tours of the gallery daily at 12:15 p.m.
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